From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: shell-command: how to limit output buffer's height? Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:42:21 -0600 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1223520162 14754 80.91.229.12 (9 Oct 2008 02:42:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 02:42:42 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 09 04:43:39 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KnlV1-0007mJ-DQ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:43:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60653 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KnlTx-0001qN-K2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:42:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KnlTe-0001qF-S1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:42:10 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KnlTd-0001q3-VX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:42:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45191 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KnlTd-0001q0-RL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:42:09 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:43991 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KnlTe-00016r-5M for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:42:10 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KnlTV-0002HF-Rz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:42:01 +0000 Original-Received: from c-67-161-145-183.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([67.161.145.183]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:42:01 +0000 Original-Received: from kevin.d.rodgers by c-67-161-145-183.hsd1.co.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:42:01 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 20 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-67-161-145-183.hsd1.co.comcast.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Macintosh/20080914) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:58594 Archived-At: Stefan Vollmar wrote: > I am using shell-command to run an external program. The output is > display in a buffer "*Async Shell Command*" and I would like to limit > that buffer's window height to just a few lines. Is there something > similar to compilation-window-height for the shell-command? I use separate frames for that purpose, which may or may not meet your needs: (setq special-display-buffer-names (cons "*Async Shell Command*" special-display-buffer-names)) The default height for such frames is 14 lines, but you can change it: (setq special-display-frame-alist (cons '(height . 5) special-display-frame-alist)) -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA